Charles Cox Posted February 3, 2022 Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 Does anyone know of a source for replacement springs for the 30rd .303 British Magazines for the Bren Light Machinegun? Been wanting to retrofit my Bren mags with modern spring as the older springs in these mags are very weak. Was wondering if there were any other springs that could be made to work such as AK47 magazine springs etc.. Also wanting to know if anyone knows of a source of replacement springs for 30rd FAL metric magazines both straight and the converted Metric L4A1 British mags. I have DSA 30rd straight mags that work fine in semi but don't work so well with full auto. Wondering if there is a viable commercial replacement. I know Wolff Gunsprings make the extra power 20rd mag springs but don't have a 30rd offering. Thanks all, Viking Arms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gftiv Posted February 4, 2022 Report Share Posted February 4, 2022 (edited) I have been shooting my 303 Bren for years without Magazine problems. A strong spring is not needed to push the cartridge Down. There is so much 303 BREN surplus out there that not much new stuff has been made. Buy some new surplus mags and try them. BRP is the place I go to for BREN parts. I have no experience with 308 BREN's. British loaded mags to 27 or 28 rounds. Riflemen carried 2 loaded mags for BREN support. Probably not unloaded for years. Edited February 4, 2022 by gftiv added info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Cox Posted February 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2022 I have about 150 or so Bren mags. But I like to replace the springs of my mags with new springs if at all possible. Been thinking that if I could find 30rd FAL mag springs might be able to adapt them to run the Bren mags. Or possibly AK47 40rd magazine springs. I was hoping someone else had come up with an alternative to spring that are 70-80 years old. So does anyone know of a source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Cox Posted April 18, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2023 (edited) Nevermind figured out a way to mod the Bren mags to use AK47 magazine springs. Tedious to mod them but so far looks promising. Just need to field test the mags and tweak them. Still haven't found a replacement for the FAL 30rd mags. Too bad there is not a direct spring replacement for the L4A1 type 30rd FAL mag springs. But at least I've made some progress on the Bren Mags. Edited April 18, 2023 by Charles Cox Added info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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